Etymology

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Today it means: A visit by a client to a provider of some service, such as a massage therapist or a prostitute. Full definition →

English call ← Middle English callen ← Old English *callian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Proto-West Germanic*in
  4. Old Englishin
  5. Old Englishin-
  6. Middle Englishin-
  7. Englishin-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gels-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*golsos
  10. Proto-Germanic*kalzaz
  11. Proto-Germanic*kalzōną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
  13. Old Englishceallian
  14. Old English*callian
  15. Middle Englishcallen
  16. Englishcall
  17. English todayincall

From in- + call.

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